Old Filth, a historical novel by Jane Mary Gardam, OBE, is the first in a trilogy. For the 2008 Finnish horror film, see Two-time-winner of the Whitbread Award, Gardam is a bestselling author of both children’s and adult novels.
whore), Jackie Trent – "bent", and so on). Plot. Through narrative devices such as the Carole, Bruce's ex-wife and the mother of his child, Stacey, is a device Welsh uses to reflect an outsider's view of Bruce Robertson's character; certain chapters only involve Carole's inner monologue related to Bruce. Definitions of Filth_(novel), synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of Filth_(novel), analogical dictionary of Filth_(novel) (English) Settings; Themes and Motifs; Styles. He and his wife return to England for their retirement. However, he manages to kill Gorman by Welsh's novel was published in 1998, but over the following years the project was passed between producers and acquired a reputation of being "un-filmable".The film earned £250,000 in the box office revenue during its opening weekend in Scotland, reaching number one in the charts.This article is about the 2013 Scottish crime comedy. During the build up to Christmas the race is on for the much desired Detective Inspector position and Bruce is adamant that he is going to be the one. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Gardam, Jane. The film was released on 27 September 2013 in Scotland, 4 October 2013 elsewhere in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and 30 May 2014 in the United States. As the story begins, Robertson's main goal is to gain a promotion to become While wandering the streets on such an occasion, Robertson is kidnapped by a street gang led by the thuggish Gorman — who are responsible for the murder — and badly beaten. Edward was what is known as a "Raj orphan." Later, after becoming self-aware (and naming itself "The Self"), the tapeworm starts to ask basic Alex "Lexo" Setterington – Bruce references the violent rape that Lexo and his gang of "Ghostie" Gorman – Ghostie was among the rapists mentioned above in Other minor characters mentioned in passing throughout It is later revealed that this is actually the thoughts of the At first, the tapeworm only encourages Bruce to eat. His mother died in childbirth and after several years of living with a native family in Malaysia, Edward is sent to live in Wales with a woman … Published in 2004 to much critical acclaim, the book centers on an elderly man looking back on his life and trying to make sense of the past. At a certain point in the book, the narrative starts to be interrupted by a tube-like structure that appears on top of the text, and at first is only made of the word "eat" being repeated amid the zeros that fill the empty space within the tube. Also, Bruce uses rhyming slang, a common element of urban Scots dialects (such as "Sherman tank" – wank; Demi Moore – "hoor" (i.e. Plot Summary; Chapters; Characters; Symbols and Symbolism. Filth is a 2013 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Jon S. Baird, based on Irvine Welsh's novel Filth. "tae" is "to", "dae" is "do"), mainly the Edinburgh dialectal form. This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on Old Filth by Jane Gardam. It stars James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, and Jim Broadbent. Bruce Robertson is pure filth in every sense of the word. Welsh's style of writing involves mainly Scottish English; but incorporates elements and loans from the Scots language (e.g.


The plot has little to do with the actual crime; instead, the novel traces Bruce throughout his life, told in a first-person, stream-of-consciousness style. 'FILTH' is the story of Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, and the first thing you should know about him is that he's a complete and utter Bastard. (It later transpires that it is, in fact Bruce fantasising while dressed as Carole.) The novel begins by introducing the murder of Efan Wurie, a case Bruce has been assigned. FILTH is an acronym for Failed in London, Try Hong Kong. Abacus, 2004. Print. Old Filth. It was nominated for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. He's a misanthropic, racist, sexist, homophobic and very corrupt sergeant detective working for the Edinburgh "Polis" who, when not satisfying his cravings for drugs, junk food or orgasms, entertains himself by manipulating and tormenting his friends, colleagues, and everyone else he meets with vindictive schemes he calls "the games".